Harjeet Singh Purewal was born in Lahore (Pakistan) on 13 October 1940. His dream work in his painting is ‘Trilokeshwar’, printed in a large number, which the people had great reverence for by keeping it in their places of worship.
Looking at the Art of Harjit Singh Purewal, in the foregoing context, can be a very enriching experience. He is one of the foremost painters that modern Punjab has produced. For the past three decades, painting has been his view and way of life. Indifferent to publicity and the evanescent thrills of pursuing ambition, he has used Art as a never-ending contemplation of the essential divinity of man. Painting in oil canvases of a variety of sizes, including the square format, Purewal has brought to his works the quiet nobility of his own soul. It pulsates with creative energy that makes its presence felt— without being loud. The choice of subject-matter springs from the same source: the desire to make a visual statement which bears the subtle refinement of civilised discourse without forsaking the vim and vigour of a certain culture. In this sense, Purewal’s paintings are visual poems in oils—pulsating with the haunting lyricism of verses of love: odes to beauty. More by instinct than by ratiocinative cerebration, the artist picks up themes which can be visually expressed with utmost simplicity and directness. These are the principles which lyrical poetry cannot do without—or else you end up being didactic: a sermoniser of sorts who uses the medium of painting as a propagandist does, not as an artist ought to. So alluring is their charm that the viewer cannot escape their mesmerising spell. Yet it is the aesthetic enchantment of a spontaneous discourse between innocence and innocence— free from the stodginess of ontological meanderings.
Inspiration:
Dr. M.S. Randhawa holds a very dear place in his life that always encouraged him to work more & more & achieve great heights right from a very young age in his career.
Dr. S.S.Bhatti, too, needs a special mention as he wrote & published a number of articles on his works. We all need appreciation & when the media, whether it is the newspaper, magazines or the televisio,n it definitely boosts you to work further.
The rustic folk of Haryana, Rajasthan & Punjab at first were his main source of inspiration.
Dream Works:
His dream work in his painting is “Trilokeshwar” printed in a large number, which people had great reverence for by keeping it in their places of worship.
